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Get covered for mental health insurance support
How to help someone who needs mental healthcare
Free trainings for social services providers
NYC has a new response to mental health emergencies
B-HEARD is expanding
B-HEARD is hiring - join the team
Get covered for mental health insurance support
GetCoveredNYC Specialists are here to make sure that enrolling in health insurance is easy to navigate and once you GetCoveredNYC, easy to understand and use.
In celebration of Mental Health Awareness Month during the month of May, we are working with our agency partners to make sure:
You know to enroll in health insurance if you are uninsured
You know how to use your health insurance to access mental health services
How to help someone who needs mental healthcare
As New Yorkers, we look out for each other. If you want to help someone who needs mental healthcare, you can. Get started with our new guide, produced with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and NYC Health + Hospitals. The guide walks you through how to get mental health support for anyone, at any level of need – including what to know, where to look, and who to call.
Use this guide to find the right support, right nowFree trainings for social services providers
What if you could help your client understand the benefits of the Covid vaccine? Or help them manage stress? Learn how to integrate mental health support into the services offered at your nonprofit, city, or state agency with free courses from the Academy for Community Behavioral Health, the Mayor’s Office for Economic Development, and the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health.
Courses are open to all staff at New York City-based nonprofits and city or state agencies.
Register for a course todayNYC has a new response to mental health emergencies
Hear directly from multiple licensed social workers on what it’s like to be on the cutting edge of mental health crisis response.
Read about NYC's new response to mental health emergenciesB-HEARD is expanding
For the first time ever in New York City, mental and physical health professionals are responding to 911 mental health calls through the B-HEARD pilot program that launched on June 6, 2021.
In its first year of operation, B-HEARD has had a promising start, expanding from East Harlem to Central and West Harlem, then to Washington Heights, Inwood, and parts of the South Bronx.
Learn more about the groundbreaking pilotB-HEARD is hiring - join the team
Calling all social workers: B-HEARD is hiring! Join the B-HEARD team to respond to 911 mental health calls and make a significant impact in the lives of New Yorkers.
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